Detection of dengue virus serotype 3 by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) captured in Manaus, Amazonas.

Autor: Pinheiro VC; Laboratório de Malária e Dengue, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil. valeria@cesc.uema.br, Tadei WP, Barros PM, Vasconcelos PF, Cruz AC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz [Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz] 2005 Dec; Vol. 100 (8), pp. 833-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Jan 20.
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762005000800003
Abstrakt: The detection of dengue virus serotypes from Aedes aegypti in Manaus, state of Amazonas was carried out using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technique. Fourteen pools out 82 (17.1%) were positive for DENV3, providing a minimal infection rate of 2.1% of all analyzed infected female specimens of three different areas of the city.
Databáze: MEDLINE